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14
Feb
News / Posted by Alyssa Taft
February 14, 2016. Providence, RI. Media Smart Libraries and Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) teamed up to host the public event Be a Cinema Detective: Discover, Explore, and Inspire Through Film. This free event, held at the Metcalf Auditorium in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, was an opportunity for kids, parents, educators, and librarians to engage in an enhanced viewing experience by digging deeper into films, exploring different genres, and learning film criticism...
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06
Feb
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February 6, 2016. Providence, RI. Media Smart Libraries is gearing up for the 2016 Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) and we could not be more excited for this special event. The Providence Children’s Film Festival returns for its seventh exciting year, February 6 to 21, showcasing 16 feature films (including 10 Rhode Island premiers), over 75 shorts from around the world,...
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03
Feb
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February 3, 2016. Johnston, RI. Back by popular demand, Media Smart Libraries ran its second Stop Motion animation workshop at the Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library facilitated by Bonnie Epstein, Executive Director of Rhode Island Museum of Science and Art (RIMOSA). Like our first Stop Motion workshop, this evening was filled with creativity, exploration, and fun for...
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02
Feb
News / Posted by Susan Murphy
I participated in the December Media Smart Libraries  Stop Motion Animation workshop.  I was very excited to see that a stop motion animation film was being shown locally at the Cable Car Cinema. The Providence Journal had a  full page review on Anomalisa in the January 24, 2016  edition and an...
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Jan
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January 27, 2016. Narragansett, RI. Media Smart Libraries teamed up with FabNewport for an evening of collaboration and coding for teachers, school librarians, and public librarians. This workshop, titled Computer Coding with Scratch, was an opportunity for participants to be exposed to Scratch Coding, play around with the web-based software, and network with...